Table 2.
Difference of pre-test and post-test WOMAC, muscle strength, and functional fitness within group.
| Functional fitness parameter | CRE group (N = 20) | CON group (N = 18) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean difference (95% CI) | p | Cohen’ d | Mean difference (95% CI) | p | Cohen’ d | |
| WOMAC a | 2.416*10–04 | 0.71 | 0.279 | 0.07 | ||
| Muscle strength (kg) | ||||||
| Hip abductors b | -1.49(-2.25, -0.74) | 0.001 | 0.13 | 0.99(0.19–1.79) | 0.019 | 0.13 |
| Hip adductors b | -3.31(-4.76, -1.87) | 1.252*10–04 | 0.10 | -0.13(-1.04–0.77) | 0.759 | 0.10 |
| Hip flexors b | -3.40(-4.79, -2.00) | 6.323*10–04 | 0.18 | 1.13(-0.27–2.54) | 0.107 | 0.18 |
| Hip extensors b | -0.30(-3.60, -1.00) | 0.002 | 0.04 | 0.59(-0.34–1.51) | 0.198 | 0.04 |
| Knee flexors b | -0.63(-1.89, 0.63) | 0.307 | -0.16 | 0.95(-0.08–1.97) | 0.070 | -0.16 |
| Knee extensors b | -1.01(-1.99, -0.04) | 0.043 | -0.17 | 0.46(-0.48–1.39) | 0.317 | -0.17 |
| Functional Fitness | ||||||
| 30-s chair stand (no. of times) b | -0.45(-2.51, 1.61) | 0.653 | -0.19 | -0.11(-1.28–1.06) | 0.843 | -0.19 |
| Functional-reach test (cm) b | -3.66(-6.01, -1.31) | 0.004 | -0.04 | 0.21(-2.06–2.48) | 0.847 | -0.04 |
| 10-m walk test (s) a | 0.002 | 0.49 | 0.005 | 0.46 | ||
CRE Computer-aided rowing exercise, CON Control group, CI Confidence interval, bold p value represents reaching the significance level (p < .05)
a Wilcoxon signed rank test was performed
b paired sample t-tests were performed